Canadians Investigating Outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Lookalike Canadians Investigating Outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Lookalike
Health officials in New Brunswick are looking into a cluster of 42 cases of a neurological disorder with symptoms resembling Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - March 25, 2021 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Adapting to a new normal after severe acute brain injury: an observational cohort using a sequential explanatory design - Rutz Voumard R, Kiker WA, Dugger KM, Engelberg RA, Borasio GD, Curtis JR, Jox RJ, Creutzfeldt CJ.
OBJECTIVES: Treatment decisions following severe acute brain injury need to consider patients' goals-of-care and long-term outcomes. Using family members as respondents, we aimed to assess patients' goals-of-care in the ICU and explore the impact of adapta... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease
Public Health is closely monitoring a cluster of more than 40 New Brunswick patients with symptoms similar to those of Creutzfeldt-Jakob... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease
Public Health is closely monitoring a cluster of more than 40 New Brunswick patients with symptoms similar to those of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and fatal brain disease. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
NIH, NIAID, scientists, human, cerebral organoid, test, drug, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 9, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Approximately two years after establishing a human cerebral organoid system to study Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), National Institutes of Health researchers have further developed the model to screen drugs for potential CJD treatment. The scientists, from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), describe their work in Scientific Reports. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 9, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
FDA Eligibility Changes Allow More Military Vets and Their Family Members to Give Blood
It took over 30 years for two dedicated blood donors, David Adriansen and Sandy Davis, to become eligible to give with the Red Cross again. This summer we welcomed them ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - November 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donor Blood Donor Eligibility Mad Cow Disease Deferral Source Type: news
'Rare' brain disorder may not be so rare anymore, trends in japan reveal
(Okayama University) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, is an important cause of dementia. However, long-term trends in CJD-associated mortality and incidence rates in Japan have not been fully studied until now. Now, scientists conducted a detailed analysis that uncovered that the CJD-associated death and incidence rates almost doubled from 2005-2014. They predict that the burden of CJD would continue to rise in the current hyper-aging era. These findings can help policymakers plan and strategize effectively. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Racial and ethnic differences in health care utilization following severe acute brain injury in the United States - Jones RC, Creutzfeldt CJ, Cox CE, Haines KL, Hough CL, Vavilala MS, Williamson T, Hernandez A, Raghunathan K, Bartz R, Fuller M, Krishnamoorthy V.
OBJECTIVE: To examine racial and ethnic differences in the utilization of 3 interventions (tracheostomy placement, gastrostomy tube placement, and hospice utilization) among patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI).
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Mad Cow Disease Fast Facts
Read CNN's Fast Facts on Mad Cow Disease and learn more about the transmissible fatal brain disease found in cattle. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New MRI scoring criterion helps diagnose prion disease
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease on MRI often missed by radiologists (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 1, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
'People can't learn about treatments they need': why open access to medical research matters
Campaigners have argued for open access to scientific research since the dawn of the internet – so why is it taking so long?In December 2002, a Belfast teenager made world headlines after his father, Don Simms, won him the legal right to access an experimental drug. Jonathan Simms had been diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a cruel and fatal neurodegenerative condition that gives sufferers an average of one year to live.After receiving the drug pentosan polysulfate, Jonathan lived for another 10 years, defying all medical expectations. The court ruling made medical history: until that point the drug...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Rachael Pells Tags: Universities Education Higher education Global research Research publishing Science Source Type: news
Coronavirus and Ebola: could open access medical research find a cure?
Campaigners have argued for open access to scientific research since the dawn of the internet – so why is it taking so long?In December 2002, a Belfast teenager made world headlines after his father, Don Simms, won him the legal right to access an experimental drug. Jonathan Simms had been diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a cruel and fatal neurodegenerative condition that gives sufferers an average of one year to live.After receiving the drug pentosan polysulfate, Jonathan lived for another 10 years, defying all medical expectations. The court ruling made medical history: until that point the drug...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Rachael Pells Tags: Universities Education Higher education Global research Research publishing Science Source Type: news
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a systematic review of global incidence, prevalence, infectivity, and incubation
This review found that although Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), particularly iatrogenic CJD, is rare, the incidence of sporadic CJD is increasing. Clinicians and surveillance programmes should maintain awareness of CJD to mitigate future incidences of its transmission. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Role of zinc and copper ions in the pathogenetic mechanisms of traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease - Isaev NK, Stelmashook EV, Genrikhs EE.
The disruption of homeostasis of zinc (Zn2+) and copper (Cu2+) ions in the central nervous system is involved in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Wilson's, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Parkinson's, and Alzhe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
